Work & commute · Wewahitchka

Work & commute in Wewahitchka, FL

Most working residents leave Wewahitchka for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Port St. Joe (18%), Panama City (9%) and Tallahassee (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

101 of 791 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 690 Wewahitchka residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 375 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wewahitchka.

690live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

375work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wewahitchka goes to work

Port St. Joe22.5 mi away

18%146

Wewahitchka (in town)right here

13%101

Panama City21.7 mi away

9%70

Tallahassee60.4 mi away

7%58

Panama City Beach41.6 mi away

3%21

Lynn Haven27.6 mi away

2%19

Jacksonville211.2 mi away

2%19

Blountstown23.5 mi away

1%11

Cedar Grove26.5 mi away

1%11

Callaway21.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%328

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wewahitchka commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

16%

26%

28%

30%

16%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wewahitchka is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wewahitchka are

476 jobs are based in Wewahitchka. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wewahitchka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wewahitchka

476 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Wewahitchka residents hold

791 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+62%

Jobs based in Wewahitchka, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 476. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.